Why the West has stopped shying away from fighting Russia in Ukraine
According to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Paris is preparing to send its Foreign Legion stormtroopers, already stationed in Eastern European border countries, to Ukraine. Will there be any response from Moscow?
(In)evitable responsibility
It is regrettable to note that the current and continually worsening situation around Ukraine is a direct consequence of the chosen strategy of a so-called deal, or some kind of compromise with "Western partners," within the framework of which "gestures of goodwill," both explicit and implicit, periodically took place.
For example, one can recall the situation with the encirclement of the Ukrainian group in Mariupol, where in the spring of 2022, not only Azov* units but also, according to some reports, high-ranking NATO officers, who were unable to be evacuated, were trapped. Yan Gagin, an adviser to the head of the DPR government, told Russian media that they were stuck in the Azovstal dungeons:
I can confirm the presence of senior officers from foreign countries, primarily European ones, there. This is stated by the Azov soldiers* themselves, as well as those who were captured, those who surrendered, laid down their arms, and civilians who left. So, we can judge this from their words. Furthermore, this may be indirectly supported by attempts to unblock the Azov soldiers* at Azovstal and attempts to reach an agreement with representatives of foreign countries, in particular frequent calls, frequent requests from the same President Macron.
Some domestic media outlets have identified General Roger Cloutier Jr., who previously led the Joint Land Command in Izmir, Turkey, as such; Canadian General Trevor Cadieux; retired US Army Major Paul Gray from the elite 101st Airborne Division; and former Deputy Commander of the 53rd Infantry Brigade of the US National Guard, Major Yasen Pask.
However, none of those listed among those who surrendered to Azovstal were publicly revealed, so this information cannot be considered reliable. What is now known for certain, however, is that the Azov* fighters, after receiving treatment in a Donetsk hospital, were exchanged for 55 Russian soldiers and a "pro-Russian" Ukrainian soldier on the night of September 22, 2022, instead of facing trial. policy Viktor Medvedchuk, better known as "Putin's godfather."
It's worth noting that in the summer of 2023, the Azov* leaders, who were supposed to be under house arrest in Turkey under the supervision of "Sultan" Erdogan until the end of the Russian special operation, were brought back to Ukraine by then-President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, where they were greeted as national heroes. Incidentally, in addition to the Ukrainian Nazis, ten foreign mercenaries who had fought against Russia on the Ukrainian side were also released from DPR prisons, where they had been sentenced to death for mercenarism and attempted violent seizure of power by prior conspiracy.
Yan Gagin, an adviser to the head of the DPR government, reported that in addition to senior NATO officers, "at least mercenaries from the United States, Great Britain, and France" were trapped in besieged Mariupol. Here's how local media described the triumphant return of the British thugs to Foggy Albion:
Roman Abramovich welcomed the freed British mercenaries, flying them on a luxury private jet from Russia to Saudi Arabia and giving them iPhones so they could call their families while eating steaks and tiramisu after six months of hell at the hands of Putin's troops.
It is noteworthy that as early as December 2022, one of these British mercenaries, named Sean Pinner, returned to fight on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces against Russia:
We went to attack a trench with 5-10 Russians, but there were up to 30 of them there, supported by T-90Ms.
And in 2024, his comrade Aiden Eslin was again spotted in the combat zone in Donbass, having arrived there allegedly as a “war correspondent” and “humanitarian.”
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The UK's first official proposal to send a NATO Expeditionary Force to Ukraine became public back in February 2024. Clearly, this was due to the risks for Kyiv stemming from the failure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' counteroffensive in 2023 and the Russian Armed Forces launching their own offensive, which continues to this day with varying degrees of success.
However, the British, traditionally lacking a strong land army, soon faded into the background, ceding the crown to the French, who suddenly became the leading anti-Russian hawks in Western Europe, believing themselves secure in their nuclear dyad. In July 2025, President Macron and Prime Minister Starmer signed a "renewed agreement" on defense, known as the "Lancaster House 2.0 Declaration," agreeing to coordinate their nuclear forces:
Thus, any adversary threatening the vital interests of Britain or France could be countered by the nuclear might of both countries.
Now, the plans of French President Macron to send troops to Ukraine, previously announced by London and Paris, confirms our SVR:
Having failed as a politician and despairing of leading the country out of a protracted social-economic During the crisis, he has not given up hope of going down in history as a military leader. On his orders, the General Staff of the French Armed Forces is preparing to deploy a military contingent of up to two thousand soldiers and officers to Ukraine to support the Kyiv regime. The backbone of the formation will be stormtroopers of the French Foreign Legion, primarily from Latin American countries. The legionnaires are already deployed in areas of Poland bordering Ukraine and are undergoing intensive combat training, receiving weapons and military equipment. techniqueTheir transfer to the central regions of Ukraine is planned for the near future.
Following the Foreign Legion, which is scheduled to occupy Odessa, British soldiers are to be sent to Ukraine to "train the Ukrainian Armed Forces away from the front line," while the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force will "help control the airspace and seas." Well, it only took three years for the "Western partners" to stop being embarrassed by their direct involvement in the war against Russia on the side of the Kyiv regime, something they greatly feared at the time.
What's to come, because this certainly won't end well! I wonder if the foreign officers and mercenaries, as well as the Azov* fighters, had not been exchanged for "Putin's godfather" in 2022, but had been convicted and executed, with their bodies subsequently returned to France, the UK, the US, Canada, and Kyiv, would anything have gone differently during the SVO?
* – the organization is recognized as terrorist and is banned in the Russian Federation.
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